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A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us?

Joanna Simpson’s family are right to be worried – too many violent offenders slip through the cracks of a service that is there to keep us safe, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Offenders could be forced to attend sentencing after Zara Aleena case

Dominic Raab considering allowing judges to increase sentences of convicts who refuse to appear

The Guardian - UK

Zara Aleena’s family wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing

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Family of Zara Aleena wanted killer to know he ‘destroyed’ them

Her killer Jordan McSweeney was not in court for his sentencing.

The Independent UK

Murderers could be compelled to appear in court for sentencing under new laws

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said he is considering new legislation after meeting with the family of Zara Aleena, whose killer avoided court.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the probation service: a crunch has been building for years

Editorial: Zara Aleena’s murder has shone a light on the failures in the system. Fixing them will require more than just funding

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands action amid claims probation staff 'pressured' to lower offenders' risk

Labour has demanded an investigation after a whistleblower this week claimed probation officers are under “organisational pressure” to allocate lower risk ratings to offenders

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Zara Aleena was failed by a privatised probation service

Letters: Sue Hobbs outlines the inaccurate risk assessments of the young woman’s murderer, while Sarah Compton says nothing has changed since the murder of her brother in 2015

The Guardian - UK

Nadhim, pray, blub: Rishi Sunak looks lost and bewildered at PMQs

PM has no reply when Keir Starmer observes he is hopelessly weak and suggests the job is too big for him

The Guardian - UK

Sunak faces pressure over probation failings in Zara Aleena murder

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pressed Rishi Sunak on the matter during Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak grilled over probation failings that led to Zara Aleena’s murder

Sir Keir Starmer asks PM at PMQs if Government has ‘blood on its hands’ after failings that led to Jordan McSweeney being free to kill

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak told probation service 'on its knees' in wake of Zara Aleena murder

The Labour leader slammed 'systemic failures' after a report found probation staff missed a 'catalogue of chances' to stop a man with a history of violence murdering the 35-year-old law graduate

Daily Mirror

Deadly failings with one person killed every SIX days by criminal on probation

Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?

Daily Mirror

Probation have blood on their hands, Zara Aleena's aunt says

Probation officers have been accused of having “blood on their hands” after failings left a sexual predator free to stalk and kill Zara Aleena just days after his prison release.Damning findings by a watchdog laid bare a catalogue of errors by probation officers before Jordan McSweeney carried out the brutal…

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Zara Aleena’s family may sue over murder by released prisoner

Legal action being considered after report highlights failings that allowed Jordan McSweeney to kill London woman

Evening Standard

Fury at failings that left Zara Aleena’s killer on the streets

Jordan McSweeney should have been in prison on the night he sexually assaulted and murdered Zara Aleena. The reasons he was not have been exposed in a report from the chief inspector of probation, which found a catalogue of errors that led to a serious and career criminal, with a…

The Independent UK

‘Impossible to say’ if public is safe amid probation failings in McSweeney case

Career criminal Jordan McSweeney should have been recalled to prison before he had the chance to murder Zara Aleena, a report found.

The Guardian - UK

Probation officers failed and Zara Aleena was murdered. You need to know why

Look at Jordan McSweeney: he should not have been free to attack her. But also look at a collapsing system that puts all women at risk, says New Humanist editor Samira Shackle

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The Independent UK

Zara Aleena murder: Probation have ‘blood on their hands’, aunt says

Jordan McSweeney was released from prison just days before carrying out the brutal attack.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Zara Aleena should be alive today. That she isn’t must lead to change

Another day, another woman desperately failed by the authorities. Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped, raped and killed by a Met officer. Sana Muhammad, murdered after police binned evidence that she had been stalked by her ex-husband. All the victims of serial rapist David Carrick, who was able to carry out…

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena reports shows ‘women and girls are not safe’, says victim’s aunt

Farah Naz said it was an “extremely distressing report … revealing a litany of errors” which left Jordan McSweeney able to kill her 35-year-old niece.

Evening Standard

Fury at failings that left Zara Aleena’s killer on streets

Family’s distress over ‘litany of errors’ that left ‘serious and career criminal’ free to carry out murder

The Independent UK

Sexual predator left free to murder law graduate Zara Aleena

Jordan McSweeney was wrongly graded as ‘medium risk’ during litany of errors reflecting ‘systemic issues’

The Guardian - UK

Probation service and ministers have ‘blood on hands’, say Zara Aleena’s family

Watchdog report uncovers series of failings in supervision of Jordan McSweeney, who murdered the law graduate last year

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena report ‘grave reminder of price women pay for Government policies’

Campaigners have criticised funding cuts to the Probation Service following the release of a report into failings which led to Ms Aleena’s murder.

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